[Geodata] Re: [Aust-NZ] NZ geodata on OSGEO?

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:21 PM,  <jo at frot.org> wrote:
> dear Hamish, all,
>  On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 08:54:51PM -0700, Hamish wrote:
>  > I don't really see the need to add any of our own license terms, but if...
>
> >   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
>  >
>  > The advantage of redistributing with a known & trusted license is that
>  > 3rd parties are much more likely to touch it and have the confidence to
>  > build upon it.
>
>  FWIW: :/
>  Science Commons (the CC data spinoff) are specifically recommending
>  that the copyright-based CC licenses *should not* be used for data, now.
>  http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/open-access-data-protocol/
>  http://www.opendatacommons.org/odc-public-domain-dedication-and-licence/
>  OpenStreetmap have had a bunch of issues with that CC license and are
>  planning a move away from it:
>  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Open_Data_License


AFAIK this recommendation was posted AFTER our data set was released.
Before publishing, we asked *cough* someone here to suggest... no response
and so we selected for now the CC license. It is version 0.7, so we can change
the license if needed.

Markus